Hey, I’m Kelsey Barbare—a restaurant virtual assistant, graphic designer, and behind-the-scenes problem solver.

My path into the restaurant world started unexpectedly. While working as a real estate assistant, I was asked to help launch social media for one of the agent’s new restaurant ventures. Thanks to my design background, adaptability, and love for systems, that role quickly grew—I ended up managing their social media, running their POS system, writing menus and SOPs, creating events, and maintaining their website. And from there… it grew into a career.

Since then, I’ve supported restaurants, taverns, dessert shops, and food-driven brands—handling everything from graphics and Google listings to event promos and digital cleanup.

This virtual work has given my family and me the incredible opportunity to travel full time. As we move across the country, I’ve had a front-row seat to how different restaurants operate—how they communicate, how they promote themselves, and how they connect with their communities. It’s made me even more flexible, creative, and tuned in to what small businesses really need.

My husband has spent most of his career in restaurants—and I’ve had the privilege of watching him grow through every role. I’ve seen him struggle and succeed, from washing dishes and chopping onions to managing full kitchens and eventually running a restaurant. I’ve seen the long hours, the burnout, the pride in a well-run shift, and the weight of trying to do it all. Now, he works for one of the leading point-of-sale systems in the industry, helping restaurants on the technical side. Because of him—and everything I’ve witnessed firsthand—I know exactly where the pressure builds for small restaurant teams. I understand the pain points, the gaps, and the places where a little extra help can make a big difference.

That’s why I focus on supporting small mom-and-pop spots—the ones where the owner is also the manager, the cook, the bookkeeper, and maybe even some nights, the janitor. I step in to lighten the digital load.

No fluff. No contracts. No big agency ego.

Just real help, from someone who gets it.

Heard, Chef?